Comment Re:You want to know what's behind that gate? (Score 2, Interesting) 344
I have to agree with the previous posters, I too, am a 3C0X1, and I do agree that opporunities for formal Technical training can be scarce. But the chance for getting experience is wide open for an ambitious individual. Our career field is well different, our training is well behind the power curve, but the technology we often deal with day to day is usually on par with what is available in the rest of the IT field.
I work at a deployed location, and here we have only one contractor, and I work as the Network Admin. A deminding position in a deployed lcoation, and I have to say that from my experience, the younger troops like myself have the technical knowledge to get the job done, while our older counterparts are either cross-trainees or just not all that experienced with IT.
This creates a unique situation where the young, more technically inclined airmen have to take the lead and get up to speed on equipment and software that at first may be unfamiliar. But I find that younger airmen with some background in computers and IT, tend to adapt quickly, and before you know it are running things and making the network work, for the most part smoothly.
Now does the Military suck with training, it does. but experience is the ky, and that security clearance, and the chance to get exposed is also key. Will I stay in, no, I already decided that, I can make more on the outside, and do more with what I know. But the Military IT is a great place for a young prospective IT expert to get their feet wet. Get education, and then move on. At least I know that is my plan.
I work at a deployed location, and here we have only one contractor, and I work as the Network Admin. A deminding position in a deployed lcoation, and I have to say that from my experience, the younger troops like myself have the technical knowledge to get the job done, while our older counterparts are either cross-trainees or just not all that experienced with IT.
This creates a unique situation where the young, more technically inclined airmen have to take the lead and get up to speed on equipment and software that at first may be unfamiliar. But I find that younger airmen with some background in computers and IT, tend to adapt quickly, and before you know it are running things and making the network work, for the most part smoothly.
Now does the Military suck with training, it does. but experience is the ky, and that security clearance, and the chance to get exposed is also key. Will I stay in, no, I already decided that, I can make more on the outside, and do more with what I know. But the Military IT is a great place for a young prospective IT expert to get their feet wet. Get education, and then move on. At least I know that is my plan.
